Employee was very quickly heading towards the dumpster located near the shop right before quitting time. He was rapidly walking/jogging and while doing so his knee gave out. When his knee gave out he fell onto the rock and cut his knee open. He immediately turned pale and felt nauseas so he was taken to the emergency room where he received stitches.
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Showing all 4Miner states he was cleaning out a roll crusher, crawled inside to clean it out. While miner crawled back out, miner slipped and hit ribs on steal hopper.
Employee was trying to flip gates on the screen deck when he lost his balance and jumped from the deck 10-12ft landing on his feet.
Adjusting a bolt on the Crusher when he stumbled on the platform and broke his left foot.